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| The '''Eastern Bloc''' |
The '''Eastern Bloc''' was a term used in the ] to describe the following countries: ], ], ], ], ], the former ], and the former ]. The Eastern Block is also often equated with the ]. | ||
| Former ] (and its six former republics ], ], ], ], ], ]) was never |
Former ] (and its six former republics ], ], ], ], ], ]) was never part of the Eastern Bloc or Warsaw pact. Although it was a ] state, its leader, Marshall ], came to power through his efforts as a partisan resistance leader during ], and thus he was not installed by the Soviet ], and he owed the USSR no allegiance. Thus the Yugoslavian government was a nonaligned nation. | ||
| Similarly, Marxist the ]n government also came to power independently of the Red Army, and Albania broke with the Soviet Union in the early 1960s and aligned itself instead with ]. | |||
| Nations within the Eastern Bloc were held in the Soviet orbit through military force. Hungary was invaded by the USSR in ] after it had thrown off its pro-Soviet government; Czechosolvakia was similarly invaded in ] after a period of liberalization known as the ]. The latter invasion was codified in formal Soviet policy as the ]. | |||
| The Eastern bloc came to an end with the collapse of the pro-Soviet regimes in Eastern Europe in ]. | |||
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The Eastern Bloc was a term used in the Cold War to describe the following countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR, and the former Czechoslovakia. The Eastern Block is also often equated with the Warsaw pact.
Former Yugoslavia (and its six former republics Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was never part of the Eastern Bloc or Warsaw pact. Although it was a Marxist state, its leader, Marshall Tito, came to power through his efforts as a partisan resistance leader during World War II, and thus he was not installed by the Soviet Red Army, and he owed the USSR no allegiance. Thus the Yugoslavian government was a nonaligned nation.
Similarly, Marxist the Albanian government also came to power independently of the Red Army, and Albania broke with the Soviet Union in the early 1960s and aligned itself instead with China.
Nations within the Eastern Bloc were held in the Soviet orbit through military force. Hungary was invaded by the USSR in 1954 after it had thrown off its pro-Soviet government; Czechosolvakia was similarly invaded in 1968 after a period of liberalization known as the Prague Spring. The latter invasion was codified in formal Soviet policy as the Brezhnev doctrine.
The Eastern bloc came to an end with the collapse of the pro-Soviet regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989.